Unfortunately, Bruce felt his control slipping as the Hulk took over. His muscles spasmed as his body changed so drastically. The ties holding him in the chair snapped.
Umbridge and Snape both took a step back in horror.
Bruce hit his fist on the stone floor, and the floor cracked.
Clint struggled to get out of his own bonds. He glanced at Harri lying on the floor, but she still seemed out of it, and he didn't think she would be able to use her special talents to restrain the Hulk.
Suddenly a red light hit the Hulk, and he turned toward the toad.
The Hulk's head tilted slightly as he considered the pink woman who had hurt the tiny human.
He roared in her face.
Umbridge screamed as she turned around and ran.
"HULK SMASH TOAD," he roared as he ran after her.
Clint shook Harri's shoulder, "Come on, squirt, I need you to help me with the Hulk."
Snape came to Harri's other side and pulled a vial from his robes. He started to put it to her lips, but Clint grabbed his wrist with a steel grip.
"What is that?" he asked the greasy professor.
"A potion to help with the nerve damage. I carry them with me everywhere since Voldemort returned," the professor said.
"How can I know you won't poison her like you tried to allow Umbridge to with the truth potion?" Clint questioned.
"I gave her water," Snape sneered. "It might be difficult for someone of your intelligence to realize, but I didn't need Potter sharing my secrets or the Order's."
"Oh, well, take a sip yourself first," Clint said.
Professor Snape sneered at him, but put a small amount onto his own tongue and swallowed. Clint nodded once, and Snape poured the potion down Harri's throat. Clint helped her to sit up as the twitching in her limbs started to stop.
"Heard what you said professor, thanks for not letting her poison me," Harri said. "I didn't drink it either way though."
Snape rolled his eyes, "Is Barton correct that you can control that monster? I was under the impression that magic would not work on him?"
"Yeah, it's an, uh, special skill set," Harri said.
"Well, you'd better hurry then," Snape said.
Clint helped her to stand, and they hurried to follow the trail of destruction. Harri paused in the doorway and turned back to Snape, "Thank you, Professor Snape."
Snape inclined his head the slightest amount, "That curse should not be used. Even on someone so moronic as yourself."
Harri turned and rushed out the door. She still felt weak, but there were more important concerns.
She got outside just in time to see Hulk grab Umbridge and send her soaring through the air toward the Forbidden Forest.
"Float!" she yelled as her arm shot out toward the soaring woman.
She felt her magic take hold of Umbridge's body and soften the throw. Her magic protected the body as best as possible. It may not have been a gentle landing on the forest floor, but Harri was certain she'd live.
Then, the teenager turned to the Hulk.
"S-s-stop it now!" she yelled.
The Hulk turned to her from where he had started heading into the forest.
"Hulk smash toad!" he roared at her.
"I need your help more. Clint and I both need your help. We have to infiltrate the Ministry of Magic," Harri told him.
"How will we even get there?" Clint asked.
The two ignored the Hulk stalking back and forth on the grounds. The green giant grabbed onto a tree and uprooted it before throwing it into the forest after Umbridge. Harri wasn't sure if she wanted it to hit the evil professor or not.
"What about the thestrals?" Harri asked.
"Are they the creepy skeletal things that pulled the carriages? I'm not sure one of them could hold the Hulk," Clint said.
Harri weighed the options, "Possibly not."
Clint snapped his fingers, "I've got it! Almost forgot that Tony packed some equipment for us just in case. If we go outside the wards before we activate it, I think it will be OK. It's been turned off the entire time, so hopefully the magic won't have been able to fry it."
Harri nodded, she turned and started to walk toward the ward border, but she tripped over a stone on the ground. Clint went to support her, but Hulk scooped her up in a large green fist.
Harri smiled at her green friend in thanks.
Hulk shrugged, "Tiny human weak."
On the outside of the wards, Clint pulled a small, metallic rectangle from an inner pocket of his black uniform. He pressed a smooth spot on the top and sat it on the ground. The box rapidly expanded and spread out on the ground until four Iron suits lay in front of the group. Two of the suits were clearly intended for Bruce or Hulk depending on the form he was in.
Hulk sat down Harri, and they each put on their suits.
Snape came rushing out to the grounds, "Potter, what do you think you are doing?"
"I've got to save Sirius," she told him defiantly.
"Sirius is not in danger you moronic child," he snarled at her. His eyes showed fear when the Hulk took a menacing step toward him. "This is a trap."
Harri shrugged, "Maybe, but I have to be sure."
"This is like asking to die," Snape snarled at her.
"You could come with us if you want? No one would be able to know who you are in the suit, so your position wouldn't be compromised," Harri offered him hesitantly.
"Be quiet! You can never know whose ears are listening in," The man paused in his tirade, "Well, I would simply stun you, but I believe Banner would kill me. I suppose I have no choice. It would be bad for all of us if the Girl-Who-Lived died before defeating Voldemort."
He looked down at the metal suits that Harri, Clint, and the Hulk were stepping into.
"We have an extra," Harri said. "Tony wasn't sure if we would need a Hulk sized suit or a Bruce sized suit, so he packed both for us."
Snape sent off a Patronus with a message telling Dumbledore what was happening.
Then, he growled but stepped hesitantly toward the suit. As it fit itself around him, he accidentally set off the thrusters and blew into a tree. The face plate seemed to protect him though.
"How do I control this infernal device?" he growled as he knocked the tree over.
"Lean into it!" Harri yelled from the sky.
The group must have made a strange sight flying in the London sky. Harri had never been so thankful before that Tony had added in cloaking features. Snape managed a zigzag flight that straightened up some as he adjusted to the suit of iron. The Hulk didn't necessarily fly so much as he took giant leaps that easily kept pace with the ones flying in the sky.
"We'll have to let Tony know that the Hulk is not a fan of flying," Clint used the intercom to tell Harri.
"Yes," she agreed, but her mind was filled with anxiety. What would they find at the Ministry? Would they be OK?"
"Hey kid, it'll be fine," Clint said.
She looked over at him, "Yeah I know."
"And check it out, Tony added giant metal arrows to my suit," Clint sounded excited as he showed her the metal quiver strapped to his back. "Dude, I think there's a collapsible bow here too."
"Wouldn't make much sense to have arrows and no bow, Hawkeye," Harri rolled her eyes. "Professor Snape, are you there?"
"Clearly," Snape's voice drawled.
"We need to use codenames from here on out. Clint is Hawkeye. Bruce is obviously in Hulk form," Harri said but then paused, "Uh, I don't technically have a codename yet, and we need one for you too."
"Scarface," Snape drawled.
"For you or me?" Harri asked then felt relieved that no one could see her blush.
"Potter, use your miniscule brain for one second," Snape sounded even more exasperated than normal.
"Right, well whatever, it's just for the one mission," Harri said in a sulky voice.
"Scarface, sounds dangerous," Clint said, "Big guy, did you hear that?"
"Tiny human Scarface," Hulk's voice sounded.
"Right, well what about you Snape?" Clint asked.
Snape's voice took a few minutes to reply, "I suppose you could call me Prince."
"Think highly of yourself huh?" Clint asked sarcastically.
"It was my mother's maiden name, and I can't imagine any of the Death Eaters would make the connection. It would have been the current Death Eater's parents who would have known her," Snape's voice clearly said that the discussion was over. Harri was curious about the sour professor, but knew not to push her luck.
"One other thing, Harri, Snape, are you wearing masks?" Clint asked.
"Now we are," Snape said with a wave of his wand, Harri could feel a mask similar to the one she wore in New York settle onto her face. Something felt off with her hair too, but she didn't have time to figure out what. "We have arrived."
They flew into a small, dark alley. Once they were on solid ground, they turned off the cloaking device on their suits. Hawkeye leaned over and hit the appropriate button on Snape's suit. He got a glare for his efforts.
"Over here," Snape snarled as he lead them to a small red phone booth.
All three looked at the Hulk and back to the tollbooth.
"Does it grow?" Clint asked.
The three humans went into the booth first. There was much grunting and complaining as the Hulk shoved his way in none-too-gently. All four fit, but there was no extra room between the walls and their bodies.
"What do we have to press?" Harri asked, trying to cover her nose to block the stink of sweat.
"Big guy, next time you have to wear some deodorant," Clint complained.
"Hulk NO SMELL!" the Hulk roared as Snape hurried pushed the combination, 62442. Harri filed the number away in case they needed it in the future.
They were all glad to tumble out of the small booth when the lift stopped moving.
Harri took a deep breath, "Seriously, I'm putting Tony on developing a stronger deodorant."
The Hulk took a swipe at her with his giant green hand, but Harri was about to roll out of the way.
"We need to get to the Department of Mysteries," Harri announced as she stood back up .
"This way," Snape lead the way, each of his steps reverberating in the large empty hall.
"I guess the wizards head home as soon as the clock strikes 5," Clint commented on the empty building.
They quickly reached a round chamber with many doors. When all four were in the room, it started to spin. Harri's hit the floor on her hands and knees. Hawkeye was groaning, and the Hulk sounded like he might puke.
"Any idea which door we came in from?" Hawkeye asked.
Harri shook her head.
"Let's try the one on the left then," he suggested as he reached for the handle.
Inside were row after row of what looked like brains, each in its own clear glass jar, suspended in some sort of clear liquid.
The three regular sized humans led the way. Harri felt uneasy about the Hulk being surrounded by so much glass, but she didn't have long to worry about that.
Suddenly a red light shot through the glass jars. It would have hit Harri straight in the chest if a shield had not appeared in front of her. She nodded her thanks at Snape, knowing he was the only one who could have done it.
"Focus," he snarled, his voice sounding strange, completely unlike himself.
More bodies will coming into the brain chamber, all shooting magical spells at the four. The Hulk roared and swung his arms, knocking jars over. Most of them broke and the brains seemed to lay harmlessly on the floor.
Harri could feel her suit starting to seize up as the magic interfered with the electronics.
"Get out of the suits," she yelled as she disabled her own suit. Her own voice sounded different as well; she figured Snape must have cast some sort of spell to disguise their voices. She felt horribly exposed as the metal dropped to the ground behind her, unable to protect her any longer.
Around her, the other two allowed their suits to collapse off of them while the Hulk ripped his off. She was suddenly thankful that they'd had the forethought to wear masks.
The fight seemed to be fairly evenly matched and neither side gained much ground until the Hulk threw one of the Death Eaters into a large tank holding brains. A sort of tentacle came up out of the water and wrapped itself around the man. He immediately started screaming horrible, pained sounds.
"New game, don't touch the tentacles," Hawkeye yelled.
The man seemed to have awoken the others because five foot long tentacles started lashing in the air around the holding tanks.
"Come on," Harri yelled as she ran through the door.
The Hulk smashed the door as they entered the round chamber, stopping the Death Eaters from joining them that way. Harri had a feeling there were unfortunately other ways around the Department. The room spun again, but not nearly as fiercely as the first time. The one smashed door seemed to be catching at the rotating system.
"Believe it was a trap now, Scarface?" Snape asked sarcastically.
"They still might have Padfoot," Harri insisted.
Snape seemed to grab a door at random and opened it. He went to step through the door but immediately grabbed at the doorway. Harri and Clint accidentally pushed him through, and he started to float away, but a large green hand grabbed the back of his robes and pulled him back in.
Clint slammed the door, "Does that door lead to outer space?"
Harri shrugged, "Hopefully just a replica?"
Snape growled as he grabbed another door handle, "Don't push me through this time."
Inside this one were time turners like the one Hermione had used in third year. They were all different sizes, and Harri wondered if the size affected the power.
Against the wall was a bell jar. Inside was a toad. Harri watched in horror as the toad turned back into a tadpole, flopping on the dry bottom. It slowly aged again back into the toad.
She turned to the Hulk, "Don't touch-"
It was too late, the Hulk overturned an entire shelf of time turners. They crashed onto the floors, their sands spilling out. Two of the Death Eaters were in the way of the flow. The magically charged sand had a strange affect on the two men.
One seemed to immediately start to age. The hair tumbling out the back of his mask turn grey and then fell out. He stumbled to his knees, and then hit the ground clutching his chest.
Harri watched in horror as the other Death Eater seemed to have the opposite reaction. He started to shrink and grow smaller like a child. His mask fell off, and she watched as his features got younger and younger. Eventually it was a baby laying before them, far too young to be out of a mother's womb.
Clint and Harri were both transfixed as the baby that had been the enemy only seconds before seemingly died before them.
The distraction turned out to be a mistake though.
Harri winced as she heard the crack as the light connected with Hawkeye's arm. She was thankful it was just a bludgeoning curse and not the Killing Curse. At least he didn't seem too bothered by his limp arm as he used the good arm to sling the bow across his back and start to pull out throwing knives.
She smiled as one of the Death Eaters fell from a well aimed knife.
"This way," she yelled as she spotted a door on the other side. The four made their way through the door.
On the other side was a strange room with a lowered area in the center. In the middle of it was a door frame that seemed to have a tattered curtain hanging from it. Harri watched as it moved as though from a breeze even though the rest of the room was completely stilled.
Harri felt herself drawn to it.
"Stay away from the veil at all costs," Snape's disguised voice cut through her attention, and Harri turned her attention back to the fight at hand.
Even though they were greatly outnumbered, the four had been holding their own. The only injury was Clint's arm.
Then something happened to change the flow.
Harri had been in a duel with a Death Eater when a floating object in the corner of her vision caught her attention. She knocked out the enemy in front of her and turned just in time to spot a Death Eater levitating one of the tanks of tentacle brains over the Hulk's turned back.
He dropped it onto the Hulk as she screamed a warning.
The Hulk turned towards her, but the tentacles were already wrapping around him.
The Hulk started screaming.
It was a loud roar, unlike anything she had heard from the Hulk before, filled with pain. The worst part was the scream started to bleed with the sound of Bruce's voice as though the tentacle creature was pulling Bruce's conscious to the front.
Harri was immediately running towards him, waving her hand to send cut the tentacles off of him. The tentacles started to fall in severed pieces to the ground until they were all off, but it seemed to be too late. The Hulk dropped to the ground holding his head.
Harri's distraction proved to be exactly what the Death Eaters wanted as one of them grabbed her by her hair.
Her head was jerked sharply backward as her running was immediately stopped. Tears stung her eyes as her hands reached up and grabbed the hand holding onto her hair.
She would recognize the platinum blonde hair spilling from behind the Death Eater mask anywhere.
"Stop!" Lucius Malfoy commanded and the fight in the room momentarily halted. "Now, the hair looks different, but I would be almost certain that you are Harri Potter. Your height alone gives it away."
Harri glared up at him defiantly. She hoped he could understand the expression through the soft mask covering her face.
"I have a task for you, either you do it nicely, or we kill all of your companions. The Killing Curse should work even on your green troll," it was easy to tell he was gloating through the mask.
Harri didn't really have a choice with those options.
She grasped at her hair as he dragged her through the room into a different one. There would probably be a bald spot there if she made it through the day.
The new room was filled with nine or ten foot tall bookcases filled with small glowing orbs.
"This is the prophecy room," Lucius said as though he was giving a tour. He jerked from side to side on her hair forcing the teen to turn and look at all of the room. "One of the prophecies in your room deals with you. I need you to retrieve it."
Harri had to check, "Do you actually have Sirius?"
Lucius laughed, "Of course not, I just needed to trick you to come here and retrieve the prophecy."
Harri looked at the other's with her. Clint was holding his arm against his chest. Snape was held at wand point by a Death Eater with blood dripping down his face. It appeared that the Hulk hadn't even gotten up.
"Ok," she agreed.
"I figured you would see things my way. Come, let us find Potter," Lucius dragged her through the aisles by her hair.
Eventually they reached the correct shelf. Harri saw the prophecy there, "Harriet Jamie Potter." She hadn't even known that there was a prophecy about her.
As her hand reached for it, she heard a shout behind her. Her hair was tugged one last time as Lucius let go of it to turn and face the new arrivals.
Harri grabbed the prophecy before she turned to look. Members of the Order were filing in through the doors.
Sirius, Remus, Tonks, backup had arrived.
"Get your hands off my goddaughter, Malfoy," Sirius shouted as he ran towards them.
Malfoy sneered at the dog animagus and stepped away from Harri slightly. Harri used the chance to move well away from the blonde Death Eater.
It was a battle scene all around her. Far different from the battle at New York, but dangerous nonetheless.
Hawkeye and Snape had jumped back into the fight. She was trying to weave her way back to Bruce in the other room to make sure he was OK, the prophecy clutched in her hands. She managed to slip through the doorway and spotted the Hulk still laying where he had fallen.
He should have turned back into Bruce when he collapsed.
On her way, she spotted how the Death Eaters were closing in on her. She was their main goal.
As much as she wanted to know what the prophecy said, she knew what she had to do. The Death Eaters were still far enough away that they wouldn't be able to hear the prophecy.
So she threw it on the ground where it broke. A shadow voice started to whisper ominously. She heard only the beginning before the sounds of battle blocked her hearing.
Something about the one born.
The Death Eaters around the room let out different groans and shouts of anger.
Then Harri saw Bellatrix turn to Sirius and start to duel him. Harri could tell Bellatrix was angry about the prophecy even as she taunted Sirius.
Harri saw how close Sirius' back got to the veil.
She tried to shout out a warning, "SIRIUS!"
He turned his head toward her with a grin on his face. Then the red light started to hit him and he began to fall. Snape's warning about the veil rang in her ears, and she waved her hand.
Her magic immediately shot out and grabbed hold of Sirius. Suddenly he was falling forward instead of backwards.
"Accidental magic at your age, Potty? Tut, tut, not a very good witch are you?" Bellatrix taunted her. "Still, I'll get one of my blood traitor cousins today."
Harri's magic was still holding onto Sirius, pulling him away from the veil. No one had time to react as Bellatrix turned and shot the sickly green light at the other Black cousin present, Tonks.
Tonks had her back to that duel to fight a different Death Eater. She never saw the green light hit her back. Harri knew she was dead before her body even hit the floor.
"NO!" she yelled.
No one was supposed to die today.
Bellatrix let out a mad laugh, "The half blood died today! I killed her."
Harri chased after the crazy woman into the main atrium.
"She was your blood! Your family!" Harri yelled after her, dodging spells the crazy woman shot behind her.
"Upset Potty? It's all your fault, you know! You came here today and brought everyone with you!" Bellatrix let out another laugh.
Then a dark presence descended in the atrium.
A dark presence that dimmed the lights in the room similar to how dementors bring darkness.
A presence that Harri was unfortunately familiar with.
"Voldemort," she whispered as the not man floated into the room.
"Potter," he said cordially.
"I sent my followers to retrieve something for me, but they are clearly incapable," Voldemort said as though they were just having a discussion.
"The prophecy is gone, I already broke it," Harri said.
Voldemort's red eyes looked over her sharply, "You are lying."
"No, I'm not! It's gone; you're too late," Harri said. She didn't feel too triumphant though, her thoughts kept flashing back to Tonks body laying dead.
Voldemort's face twisted with displeasure, "Then you are no use to me."
Harri truly tried to defend herself, but she was so tired. Her brain was reacting to her strong emotions by jumping again. It was hard to connect her desire to defend herself with the actual movements.
A statue flew in front of Harri at the last moment.
She turned to see Dumbledore stride into the room. He looked grim as he faced off with Voldemort.
Just like that, Harri was able to understand why Voldemort was afraid of Dumbledore. The two older wizards battled, and Harri collapsed against the wall. She was just so tired, the same as the battle of New York. Too much of the wild magic. It was more powerful, but it also drained her more than wanded magic used to.
Then Minister Fudge and aurors were piling in the atrium, led by Kingsley Shacklebolt.
Fudge was complaining, "I'll have your badge for interrupting-"
His mouth dropped as he stared at the magic and debris flying around as Dumbledore and Voldemort faced each other.
"He-who-must-not-be-named!" Fudge shrieked.
Voldemort noticed the crowd gathering and growled.
"Away!" he yelled, his voice easily spreading through the different chambers. He apparted away, and cracks were heard as the Death Eaters left with him.
Bellatrix said Morsmordre as she popped away, and the Dark Mark was left hanging in the air as though a constellation had appeared on the inside.
Harri was vaguely aware of snaps of light going off as the reporters behind the aurors took pictures.
Suddenly she was scooped into strong arms. She fought for a minute before recognizing the crying face of Sirius Black above her.
"Sirius Black, someone stop him!" Fudge shouted.
"Minister Fudge, Sirius Black is innocent," Dumbledore announced.
"What-wha," Fudge was stuttering as though he didn't know what to say or do. There was no denying Voldemort's return this time.
Sirius passed Harri into the capable arms of Remus, "Get her back to Hogwarts."
"Wait, no, I have to help Sirius," she said as she struggled, too weak to put up too much of a fight.
"You've already helped him, cub," Remus replied.
"But they might send dementors, I need to be a witness!" she cried.
"You need a healer," Remus replied.
He apparated the two to the edge of Hogwart's wards. Other witches and wizards for apparating too, all apparently on their way to the healing ward. She spotted Snape appear with the Hulk, a fairly impressive feat of magic, but she was too tired to really care.
She remembered Remus setting her carefully on a soft hospital bed. And a broken sob.
She reached a hand toward the man, "Sorry, s'all my fault."
Her words were slurred with exhaustion, but his were thick with emotion, "Don't you ever say that, Harri Potter. It is not your fault at all."
She shrugged, but was asleep before she could argue more.
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Some information on the characters and timeline of my story:
Timeline: Basically, I combined the Harry Potter series with the Avengers series, but sat it in the Avengers timeline. So this would be in 2012, the same time as the Avengers movie.
Harriet (Harri) Jamie Potter: 15 years old. Wild black hair, bright green eyes. Five feet tall. Her magic accidentally cut out part of her brain. Then, it could heal her enough to keep her alive, but with some damage. Landed on the Tesseract during the battle of New York. She doesn't know what all it may have done to her being a human who touched it and survived, but it did further heal the brain damage. Still some issues during times of strong emotions such as stuttering. Closest to Bruce Banner.
Bruce Banner (also the Hulk): 28 years old. Salt and pepper black hair. Wrinkles around eyes. Five foot eight inches (below average height for a guy). Seven PhDs and a medical doctorate. Hides behind sarcasm. Loves sweaters and soft blankets. Slightly suicidal, but less so now that he knows he can't die and needs to take care of Harri.
Clint Barton (Hawkeye): 33 years old. Not married (Sorry). One of SHIELD's top agents. Currently at Hogwarts acting as a liason. Also friends with Harri. Best friends with the Black Widow.
Sirius Black: He can't believe he is 35 years old. Spent 12 years in Azkaban. A ladies' man. Shoulder length black hair. Maybe about to be freed? Or sent back to prison?
Remus Lupin: 35 years old. Sometimes doesn't know why he's still friends with Sirius. Loves tea, books, and fuzzy sweaters. Obviously, he's a werewolf. His name is literally Moon Moon.
Severus Snape: 35 years old. Giant hooked nose. Greasy black hair. Made a vow to protect Harri, but Harri doesn't know. Spy for the Order. Mean, bitter, secretly kind of a good guy, but a bully. Needs a redemption arch that actually helps.
Ron: 15 years old. Tall, redhead. Good with strategy and chess. Badly jealous.
Hermione: About 17 years old thanks to time turner use. Curly brown hair that is slowly becoming more curly and less bushy, but still has its own mind. Loves tea, books, and libraries. Can be overbearing, but means well. Typical bossy only child. Getting better by the end of fifth year.
Dumbledore: well over a hundred years. Dude is old. Long beard. Manipulative, but not evil.
Voldemort: Also old. Red eyes, no nose. Hates Harri. Truly evil.
Phew, here's another chapter. I didn't plan on putting in this many details, but I couldn't resist once I started writing. Really different from the original Ministry break in, let me know what you think in a review! Especially on Snape going with them, I'm sure everyone has an opinion on that one :)